Children's Literature: An Illustrated History

Book Overview

From the wise and foolish beasts of Aesop's Fables to the creatures in Max's closet in Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, from Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy to the angst-ridden teenagers in Judy Blume's novels, children's literature reveals not only how drastically our perceptions of children have changed, but how tenaciously the age-old tears, fears, schemes, and dreams of childhood have stayed the same. Lavishly illustrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192123203
• ISBN13: 9780192123206
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.8" x 9.9"